COLLEGE BASKETBALL: WOMEN'S ROUNDUP

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: WOMEN'S ROUNDUP; Oklahoma Dominates Kansas St.

Published: March 8, 2002

Stacey Dales had 19 points, and No. 4 Oklahoma turned two first-half runs into a 69-49 victory last night over No. 13 Kansas State to advance to the Big 12 Conference tournament title game in Kansas City, Mo.

Oklahoma (26-3) forced 23 turnovers by Kansas State (24-7), which got just 8 points from Nicole Ohlde, who averaged 18.2 during the regular season.

Kansas State's Laurie Koehn started the game with two 3-pointers and the Wildcats took a 14-8 lead. But the Sooners countered with two 10-0 runs, and built a 45-28 halftime lead.

Rosalind Ross, Caton Hill and LaNeishea Caufield added 13 points each for the Sooners, who advanced to their second straight title game. Kendra Wecker had 12 points and Koehn 11 for the Wildcats.

BAYLOR 91, IOWA STATE 83: Sheila Lambert had 20 points and 11 assists as No. 7 Baylor reached the title game for the first time.

The second-seeded Lady Bears (26-4) will play top-seeded Oklahoma tomorrow for the championship.